The worst thing to me would be that you put on the face you think people want to see, and then they don't like it and you think, Would they have liked the real me?

Everybody makes personal decisions that are right for them and if you're in political life, you're used to having those analyzed.

If you know someone who has lost a child, and you're afraid to mention them because you think you might make them sad by reminding them that they died-you're not reminding them. They didn't forget they died. What you're reminding them of is that you remembered that they lived, and that is a great gift.

You wouldn't know I was sick unless you knew I was sick.

We have a middle class that lives on a razor blade. So sometimes when you say poverty, you neglect a large portion of the population.

I'm part of a community that holds each other up, and it's been great to be held up too.

This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you've got. And you're not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it.